After I traveled through the book, I fought back in the Hou Mansion

She carefully instructed, "You must complete this task as soon as possible. After the pawned items are exchanged for banknotes, send all the banknotes to Baoyifang and hand them over to Fang Yueniang, the shopkeeper. There's no need to explain further; she will understand the reason."

"Also, when you come back, you must be extremely careful and never let anyone discover your whereabouts."

"Yes, Miss." After receiving the order, Chuntao and Zhuangzi disguised themselves, avoided the crowd, and quietly slipped out through the back door.

Luo Shuiyao pulled out a letter from the box on the dressing table and handed it to Chun Xing. "You must deliver this letter to Baoyifang and give it to Sister Yue Niang right now. Be sure to go and come back quickly."

Chun Xing took the order and left.

Luo Shuiyao sat on the small couch, poured herself a cup of tea and took a sip.

As for the start-up capital, exchanging the gold and silver jewelry for silver notes should be enough. The envelope Chun Xing had delivered contained instructions and an ice-making recipe. Given Fang Yueniang's skills, news should arrive soon.

Luo Shuiyao sat up straight, thought for a moment, and then said, "Tell Zhao Cheng to go back and tell Wang Gousheng to wait until the evening, and then hand the thing over to the people in Jing'an Marquis's Mansion."

"Yes, Miss." After receiving the order, Nanny Zhang withdrew.

After seeing Aunt Zhang leave, Luo Shuiyao picked up a pen and paper and began to carefully plan the steps for her future trip. Sometimes she frowned in thought, and sometimes she wrote down the plans in her mind one by one on paper. Time passed quickly without her noticing.

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At noon, the sun is high in the sky.

Lu Zhaozhao followed the Marquis's wife, rubbing her shoulders and massaging her head, very busy. While she was busy, a servant came to announce that the prince had returned.

Upon hearing this, the Marquis' wife quickly stood up and was about to walk out of the courtyard, but she didn't expect that Ye Yunzhou had already arrived outside the courtyard and was about to pay his respects to her.

"Mother." Ye Yunzhou saluted.

The Marquis's wife stepped forward and said, "Hurry up and get up, child. You have been in the capital for so many days and you haven't even come home to visit. You are really cruel."

Ye Yunzhou said calmly, "I've been busy lately. I'll be back as soon as I have time."

The Marquis's wife had long been accustomed to her eldest son's taciturn nature and was not bothered by it.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is Zhao Zhao, your Aunt Su's daughter. Do you remember Aunt Su? She held you in her arms when you were a child."

Ye Yunzhou had a blank expression and didn't even glance at Lu Zhaozhao.

When Lu Zhaozhao heard the Marquis's voice, she suddenly woke up and stepped forward to greet him: "Brother, you can just call me Zhaozhao."

Seeing that his mother was staring at him intently, Ye Yunzhou nodded slightly to Lu Zhaozhao in response.

Lu Zhaozhao quietly sized up the stern-faced, distinguished man before her, her heart fluttering. She felt a bit resentful. Her aunt had said she wanted to find a handsome man for her, and her son was one, so why didn't she marry him?

Seeing this, the Marquis's wife felt very relieved. Since her eldest son was willing to agree, it meant that he did not object to Zhaozhao being his sister.

She was about to say something when Nanny Sang came forward and called out, "Madam, there's a problem with the arrangement at Fangfei Garden. The manager there asked me to ask you to come over and take a look."

"it is good,"

Madam Hou responded and turned to Ye Yunzhou, saying, "Mother, go to Fangfei Garden and see if you and your sister Zhao can get along well. You are too cold. You are already over the age of twenty and should get married, but you are still so cold. Which girl can stand you?"

Then she said to Lu Zhaozhao, "Zhaozhao, you and your elder brother should get along well. Auntie will go over and take a look first."

Lu Zhaozhao quietly pinched her sleeves, trying hard to suppress her inner joy, nodded and said, "Aunt, you can go ahead and do your work. Leave this to me."

After Madam Hou left, Ye Yunzhou turned around and was about to leave. Lu Zhaozhao stepped forward and stood in front of him, "Brother."

Ye Yunzhou looked at her and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

Lu Zhaozhao blushed and whispered, "Big brother, you came here in a hurry. Did you have any food? There are some snacks I made for my aunt in the room. Big brother, would you like to have some before leaving?"

Ye Yunzhou glanced at her and saw the calculating look in her eyes. His face was stern and he said coldly, "No need."

After saying this, he wanted to walk around her and left.

Seeing Ye Yunzhou about to leave, Lu Zhaozhao subconsciously wanted to grab his sleeve. Ye Yunzhou noticed her intention, flicked his sleeve violently, stepped back a few steps, and looked at Lu Zhaozhao with an increasingly cold look in his eyes.

"Since you are the daughter of an old friend and are staying at our house, you should observe the proper etiquette and rules. As a woman, how can you approach a man so casually? Is this what your family elders taught you?"

Lu Zhaozhao's hands froze in place. She looked at Ye Yunzhou in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes: "Brother, you...how can you say that to me?"

Ye Yunzhou's expression did not change, still cold, "Now that you have cried enough, you should know what to do. If you tell my mother about this, it will not do you any good. Now that I have said this, you should stay away from me in the future." After saying this, he waved his sleeves and left.

Lu Zhaozhao looked at his back and bit her lips hard. She felt as if her heart was about to break. How could someone be so unromantic?

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Ye Yunzhou left the courtyard with a gloomy face and ran into Zhang, the steward, who was looking for him. "Sir, the Marquis is looking for you in the study."

Ye Yunzhou nodded, "I understand, you go and get busy."

Manager Zhang nodded and stepped back, then Ye Yunzhou went towards the study.

In the study, the Loyal and Brave Marquis was reading a book. When he heard someone announce that his eldest son had arrived, he said, "Let him in."

"Father," Ye Yunzhou came in, bowed to him and stood where he was.

The Loyal and Brave Marquis casually flipped through a few pages of the book, then placed it on the corner of the table. He turned to look at his eldest son and gestured with his chin, "Sit down."

Ye Yunzhou took a few steps back and sat on a chair. After the servant poured them some tea, he left and closed the door.

Both father and son were not talkative people, and for a moment, the atmosphere was silent.

Then, it was the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery who spoke first: "You have stayed in Kyoto for so long and have not returned home. Your mother misses you every day. From today on, you should return home and live."

Ye Yunzhou did not respond to him, but just lowered his eyes slightly and remained silent.

There was already a troublesome person in the mansion, and today he saw that the other one was also quite troublesome. If he stayed at home, he would probably have no peace in the future.

Seeing him like this, the Loyal and Brave Marquis sighed and said, "I know you hold a grudge against Miss Luo because of the Luo army. But on the battlefield, life and death cannot be blamed on others. My son, please don't be stubborn."

Hearing his father mention Luo Dajun, his mind flashed back to Wu Erlang, who couldn't close his eyes until his death, and anger surged within him. "On the battlefield, life and death can't be blamed on others, but if someone else causes your life and death, how can you not blame them?"